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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






2. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






3. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






4. What function is vitamin D?






5. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






6. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






7. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






8. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






9. Name six sources of grains






10. What does DASH stand for?






11. How many calories/gram is protein?






12. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






13. What is the function of vitamin E?






14. The higher the BMR a client has --






15. What is RDA of protein?






16. What is normal BMI?






17. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






18. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






19. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






20. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






21. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






22. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






23. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






24. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






25. What is the function of vitamin C?






26. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






27. Sources of fats






28. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






29. What is normal albumin levels?






30. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






31. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






32. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






33. When does BMR increase?






34. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






35. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






36. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






37. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






38. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






39. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






40. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






41. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






42. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






43. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






44. What type of people need extra protein?






45. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






46. Fats can lead to some medical problems






47. What are healthy sources of fats?






48. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






49. What function is vitamin A?






50. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?